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Posts from December 2008

3 years ago

The three brigades of commenters discussing these types of cases

The article I wrote on Duane Kerzic has been getting some extensive coverage on the internet (not that the mainstream media has noticed), by bringing out the usual types of commenters from various discussion boards, which are as follows: The “police can do no wrong” brigades [...]

3 years ago

Long Beach Harbor cop demands permit for public photography

longbeachcop Photo by Thomas Hawk Update: The Long Beach Harbor Patrol responds to Thomas Hawk’s complaint. In essence, they want photographers to check into their station before taking photos. Uh huh. Oh yeah, they also mention 9/11. A Long Beach Harbor Patrol officer t [...]

3 years ago

King Mango Strut Parade 2008 (video and photo essay)

_mg_002611 Judging by Sunday’s King Mango Strut Parade, you would think we had no scandals in Miami this year. After all, there were hardly any acts mocking local news events or politicians during this year’s satirical parade. But we all know Miami had its usual sha [...]

3 years ago

Amtrak photo contestant arrested by Amtrak police in NYC's Penn Station

amtrak Photographer Duane Kerzic was standing in the area marked in red at NYC’s Penn Station when he was arrested for trespassing last week. Those doors lead to a stairwell out into the city Update: The Colbert Report follows up the story with a hilarious s [...]

3 years ago

Photographers' rights in UK remain undefined as harassment continues

Several incidents of photographers getting harassed, accused of terrorism and threatened with arrest in the United Kingdom over the last few months have put more pressure on politicians to define the laws regarding photography. The incidents include: A wedding photographer who was [...]

3 years ago

Miami media mostly mum as mayor's rapist son is released from prison

Update: The Miami New Times weighs in on whether or not the media dropped the ball on this story. In 1994, the son of Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez went on a violent sexual rampage where he raped two girls, forced another to perform oral sex on him and thre [...]

3 years ago

The future of journalism is here; and it's a popularity contest

Update: While many websites have been acting as if Publish2 and its contest will single-handedly save journalism, Bob Norman from the Broward New Times is also skeptical. An ongoing contest open to “talented journalists” is offering $1,000 to anybody who can best complete the f [...]

3 years ago

NYPD cop facing prison time for citizen abuse exposed on Youtube

Patrick Pogan’s promising career as a New York City police officer lasted a mere three weeks before he was stripped of his badge and placed on probation. The 23-year-old son of a highly respected NYPD detective was caught on video body slamming a bicyclist in Times Square for no [...]

3 years ago

Cop who punched and pepper-sprayed handcuffed suspects is exonerated

Handcuffed and secured in the back seat of a squad car, three rowdy men were unable to keep their mouths shut, which gave Marco Island Police officer Stephen Mariani no choice but to stop the car, open the back door and punch and pepper spray the three men. It was an “impossible [...]

3 years ago

Shame on the South Miami Police Department

It never fails to surprise and it never fails to anger me every time I hear another story about a photographer getting harassed by cops for doing nothing but taking photos in public. The latest comes from South Miami, a municipality in Miami-Dade County – or as the national media wou [...]

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